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Pratiche rituali di quartiere. L’edificio V, 3 nel contesto delle insulae III e V dell’abitato di Monte Sannace

Author: P. Palmentola

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In the lower part of the Hellenistic settlement of Monte Sannace (Gioia del Colle, Bari) was found a square and large building consisting of a single room. It is supposed not to be a house, because of the objects found inside. Its main door/entrance is in a square and faces another building of equal size. The presence of a large entrance, a large hearth, numerous objects (such as loom weights, ‘temple keys’, mortars and ceramics for preparing, cooking and eating/drinking food, a few miniature objects, a large vase found upside down and with the mouth stuck in the ground) suggests that the building was used for non-institutional public rites, connected to a neighborhood community, perhaps linked to the funeral sphere and involving in particular women.

Le fortificazioni in Puglia tra età arcaica ed ellenistica. Un’analisi preliminare

Author: L.M. Caliò

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The paper deals with fortified systems in Puglia trying to offer an organic picture of the phenomenon of fortifications. These seem to be concentrated mainly in two different periods, the Archaic age and the 4th-3rd century. In the first period the great aggere fortified systems was an important experience and manage the landscape of important settlements. The phenomenon of Hellenistic fortifications is more complex. In some cases, they resume traditional structures with a subcircular plan, but in others they experiment with new poliorcetic forms that derive directly from the research that the Hellenistic kingdoms of the West (Sicily and Epirus) were carrying out.